Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again.<\/strong>\u00a0In 2009, a “Double Down” signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia.\u00a0For the first time in years, that same “Total Conviction” signal is flashing for a company 1\/100th the size of Nvidia.\u00a0Continue \u00bb<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n That’s when Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gave a piece of jaw-dropping advice to AI investors. Two months later, has his advice paid off? <\/p>\n Huang was in Seoul for a series of business meetings, including one in which he finalized a partnership with South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix<\/strong>\u00a0to design next-generation AI memory chips. <\/p>\n Between meetings, the Nvidia CEO spoke to reporters, and he didn’t mince words. Here’s what he said about the AI boom: “We’re at the beginning of it, and whatever happened to the stock market, you should be very happy because now you can buy at a discount. Everybody should be very excited.” <\/p>\n In other words, Huang believed June 8 was a big opportunity to “buy the dip” in Nvidia and other AI stocks. Was he right? <\/p>\n Was he ever! <\/p>\n Read to the end <\/p>\n Indeed, if investors had taken Huang’s advice and gone “all in” on Nvidia’s stock on June 8, they would now be beating the market… barely. Nvidia’s shares are up 5.1% since June 8, while the S&P 500<\/strong> has only advanced by 4.3%, giving Huang a 0.8% lead. But that’s not the whole story. <\/p>\n If you’d interpreted Huang’s comments more broadly to refer to the entire AI industry and had instead purchased a basket of AI stocks<\/a> that included equal parts Nvidia, Google, Amazon, and hyperscaler Microsoft <\/strong>(NASDAQ: MSFT), you’d really be doing well. Microsoft stock is up 18.5% since June 8, while Amazon’s has risen 11.1%, largely on the strength of their recent earnings reports. Only Alphabet has lagged the market, and is actually down 0.5% from June 8. However, your four-stock “AI basket” would have produced returns of 8.5%, about double the S&P 500’s gain during the same period. <\/p>\n Of course, those would be the gains if you sold those stocks right now. But Huang wasn’t talking about a two-month AI boom. He’s looking years into the future and declaring that the recent, massive spending on AI is just the tip of the iceberg. He’s predicting solid long-term gains for AI companies over years, not months. <\/p>\n Selling your AI stocks now while they’re beating the market is certainly tempting. But if you believe Jensen Huang knows what he’s talking about — and I certainly do!– holding on to those stocks for the long term is your best move. <\/p>\n Should you buy stock in Nvidia right now? <\/p>\n Before you buy stock in Nvidia, consider this: <\/p>\n The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the\u00a010 best stocks<\/strong><\/a> for investors to buy now\u2026 and Nvidia wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. <\/p>\n Consider when Netflix<\/strong> made this list on December 17, 2004… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation,\u00a0you’d have $399,724<\/strong>!* Or when Nvidia<\/strong> made this list on April 15, 2005… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,374,595<\/strong>!* <\/p>\n Now, it’s worth noting\u00a0Stock Advisor’s total average return is 967% \u2014 a market-crushing outperformance compared to 215% for the S&P 500.\u00a0Don’t miss the latest top 10 list, available with\u00a0Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors. <\/p>\n See the 10 stocks \u00bb<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n *Stock Advisor returns as of August 9, 2026. <\/p>\n John Bromels<\/a> has positions in Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/a> Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Image source: Nvidia Corporation. Huang’s advice <\/p>\n